ignipuncture
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ignis (“fire”) + puncture.
Noun edit
ignipuncture (countable and uncountable, plural ignipunctures)
- The original procedure of closing a retina break in retinal separation by transfixation of the break with cautery.
Further reading edit
- “ignipuncture”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
French edit
Noun edit
ignipuncture f (plural ignipunctures)
Further reading edit
- “ignipuncture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.